Analysis-Despite COP28 deal on fossil fuels, 1.5C goal likely out of reach
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) – A deal for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was hailed as a historic achievement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit…
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) – A deal for the world to transition away from fossil fuels was hailed as a historic achievement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit…
By Valerie Volcovici, Jake Spring and Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) – The COP28 climate summit was hurtling towards overtime early on Tuesday, with negotiators awaiting a new draft deal after…
DUBAI (Reuters) – After being told by COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber to not “let me down”, the almost 200 nations at the U.N. climate summit will be wrestling on Monday…
By Jake Spring DUBAI (Reuters) – Eight of the world’s top commodities traders have pledged to stop buying soy from farms that ruin South American grasslands, adding to previous commitments…
By William James and Elizabeth Piper DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.N. climate agency published a new draft of its COP28 agreement on Friday which included a range of options for…
By Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.S. will release guidance for how hydrogen producers can secure billions of dollars of subsidies embedded in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act sometime…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Six of the world’s largest dairy companies will soon begin disclosing their methane emissions as part of a new global alliance launched at the United Nations…
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) – COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber defended his role in hosting this year’s U.N. climate summit on Monday and insisted he understood and respected the…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Monday is finance day at COP28, which means more funding is likely to be announced for the climate cause. If that sounds familiar, that is because world…
By Simon Jessop DUBAI (Reuters) – Ten of the world’s top development banks pledged to step up their climate efforts at the COP28 summit, yet failed to say anything about…
DUBAI (Reuters) – After two days of back-to-back speeches by world leaders, the COP28 climate summit turns its attention on Sunday to the reality of climate change fuelling more sickness…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency’s recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible “illusion”,…
By Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) – Nearly a dozen deep-pocketed philanthropies announced on Saturday they will invest $450 million over the next three years to help countries launch national actions…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Climate advocacy groups are pressuring world governments gathered at this year’s United Nation’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to commit to cutting global food sector…
By Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) – While the world’s climate diplomats huddle over draft decisions to be made at the end of this year’s U.N. climate summit, governments at COP28…
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -The United States will work with China to make the United Nations climate negotiations that begin in the United Arab Emirates this week a success,…
(Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The 28th meeting of the…
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is finalising reform commitments with G7 governments and multilateral lenders that could unlock billions of dollars in loans to reduce coal use in…
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Business will be central to the success of the COP28 climate talks but companies need to back up their environmental and social pledges with…
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States and China have reached “understandings and agreements” on climate issues that will help ensure progress is made at the COP28 talks…
By Maha El Dahan ABU DHABI (Reuters) -COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber said on Monday that more than 20 oil and gas companies were rallying around his calls to curb carbon…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Denmark said it is optimistic that the United Arab Emirates, which hosts this year’s UN climate talks, will push for ambitious action to curb…